Legal Opinion

Connecticut College v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 10, 1960No. 15023_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

Mary Williams Crozier, a resident of the District of Columbia, died August 2, 1955. Her last will and testament, which she had executed May 10, 1948, 1 was admitted to probate October 19,1955. Among its provisions are the following:

“Second. I give and bequeath to the United States of America the sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) upon condition that within five years after the date • of my death the United States will authorize to be built and will build on the West Point Military Reservation at West Point in the State of New York, on a site south…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Barton v. StateOhio Supreme Court · 1849
  2. President and Fellows of Harvard College v. JewettCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1925
  3. In re the Estate of CostaloNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
  4. Burns v. ClarkNew York Supreme Court · 1862
  5. Hicks Memorial Christian Ass'n v. LockeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1929

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Howard Savings Inst. of Newark v. PeepSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1961
  2. Superior Beverage Co. v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1993
  3. In re the Estate of HawleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1961
  4. Kolb v. City of Storm LakeSupreme Court of Iowa · 2007
  5. In re the United States ex rel. Smithsonian InstitutionDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1980

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